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'Lord of the Rings' comes to life with a Gollum statue at Wellington International AirportTo celebrate the upcoming 'Hobbit' films, the team behind the movie's special effects designed a giant Gollum statue which is currently on display at the Wellington International Airport.
A donated library book hides a surpriseA book donated by a patron to an Indiana library concealed a .31-caliber powder gun hidden between its covers.
'Kite Runner' author Khaled Hosseini will release a new novel this springKhaled Hosseini's novel 'And the Mountains Echoed' will focus on the relationship between siblings.
Hurricane Sandy's predecessor, the Great Hurricane of 1938: What can we learn from it?Historian Cherie Burns discusses the 1938 natural disaster that shocked New England.
Penguin and Random House complete mergerWriters and readers' groups say there will be less diversity and less price competitiveness because of the merger.
William Faulkner sues Woody Allen?William Faulkner’s estate is suing Sony Pictures for its use of a 10-word quote from Faulkner in the 2011 Woody Allen film, 'Midnight in Paris.'
'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' gets two TV spotsThe new TV commercials for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' show Bilbo fending off trolls as well as more of his journey with the dwarves.
Caroline B. Cooney's 'Janie Jones' children's series will end in 2013Caroline B. Cooney's bestselling series began with 'The Face on the Milk Carton' and will end with the release of the fifth book, 'Janie Face to Face.'
Horror stories: What makes us like the frights?From Hitchcock to Stephen King, many have offered opinions on why there's such a thing as a delicious scare.
Self-published books triple in production since 2006Self-published books make up 43 percent of the print titles released in 2011 and helped to drive the first growth in print production since 2007, according to a new study from Bowker.
Penguin and Random House: Will they combine to form the world's biggest publisher?Pearson, the owner of Penguin, and Bertelsmann, Random House's parent company, are currently in discussions to merge the two companies.
China transforms Nobel Prize winner's hometown into a theme parkThe area will be known as the Mo Yan Culture and Experience Zone, but author Mo Yan remains ambivalent about the new attraction.
'The Book Thief' comes to the stage'The Book Thief,' the popular children's book by Markus Zusak, is playing at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago through early November.
Tom Wolfe's 'Back to Blood': preposterous, contrived, yet wildly entertainingTom Wolfe's 'Back to Blood' tries to do for Miami what his previous novels did for New York and Atlanta, but critics say he falls short.
'Don't Know Much About the American Presidents': Kenneth C. Davis reveals strange facts about America's leadersGeorge Washington breaking the law? The president with the most corrupt presidential administration in American history? Writer Kenneth C. Davis discusses surprising facts about our past leaders.
Millennials: a rising generation of bookloversDeath of reading? Not so fast. The millennial generation is more likely to read and use their local library than their parents.
Clark Kent quits Daily Planet gig in newest Superman issueClark Kent quits the Daily Planet in this week's 'Superman' – a move that is both a shock to fans and a blow to the field of journalism.
'Why I Left Goldman Sachs': a viral op-ed expands into a memoirGoldman Sachs employee Greg Smith's 'Why I Left Goldman Sachs' drew strong response as an op-ed in The New York Times, but is garnering negative reviews as a memoir.
Pippa Middleton: Why am I famous?Pippa Middleton's writes of her struggle to understand hew new fame in her book 'Celebrate,' which will be released later this month.
CBS will air a sneak peek at Steven Spielberg's new biopic 'Lincoln''Lincoln' is loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography 'Team of Rivals.'
